These boilers are frequently used when floor area is quite limited and where sufficient height in the boiler room is available.
Boiler room exit door requirements.
Boiler work may require per building code chapter 17 certain special and progress inspections and other construction requirements to be performed during and at the end of construction as per the table below.
Panic hardware and fire exit hardware consist of bars that must extend across not less than one half the width of the door leaf not less than 30 inches or more than 44 inches above the floor.
Ceilings of exit routes must be at least 7 feet 6 inches high.
Contains contents that are likely to burn with extreme.
There is a variety of other boiler design concepts available.
1910 36 e 2 the door that connects any room to an exit route must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is designed to be occupied by more than 50 people or if the room is a high hazard area i e.
For example cast iron sectional boilers usually limited to smaller output capacities.
Plans must show boiler make model heat input.
Must have perforated dob plans and boiler manuals on site at t time of inspection.
Boiler incenerator and furnace rooms over 500 sf or over 400 000 btu in fuel fired equipment require two exits.
Fresh air location and size.
There are vertical boilers see figure 1 7 of several designs.
Refrigerated rooms over 1 000 sf and maintaining a temperature below 68 degrees require two exits.
A side hinged door must be used to connect any room to an exit route.
The boiler room door leading to the outside should open to the outside.
The registered design professional is responsible for indicating which special inspections are required at application intake.
Inner door is made of heat resistant materials and are characterized by high fire safety requirements.
Finally there are a number of cases that always require two or more exits.
Inside houses and in open space.
Open basements must have fire rated material over boiler a minimum of 8 around.
The clear height of the boiler operating site and access road should meet the needs of the lifting equipment.
According to the approved regulations boiler room equipped in the extension can be equipped with two doors.
An applied force not to exceed 15 pounds will cause the door latch to release.
There are specific requirements for electronically controlled egress doors.
Refrigerator machinery rooms over 1 000 sf require two doors.
2 3 boiler room height requirements.
Boiler room door swing emergency switch.
Chimney location material size 7.